Flatfish: solving Darwin's puzzle
Research on the fossil record by vertebrate palaeontologist Matt Friedman shows how the strange bodyplan of modern flatfish evolved.
How did a flatfish's eyes end up on one side of its head?
It's a question that puzzled Darwin when developing his theory of evolution, but in a talk this week at the Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology Matt Friedman, of Oxford's Department of Earth Sciences, presented fossil evidence showing how such a strange bodyplan gradually evolved.
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Dr Matt Friedman recently moved to join Oxford University's Department of Earth Sciences from the University of Chicago.